Miniature Holiday World

Create a miniature vacation world for your home. The self-made dream beach will certainly help you to really relax during your time away.

Create beach and sea

The miniature world is made on a plain corrugated cardboard. Cut a base plate of approx. 30 x 40 cm from corrugated cardboard. Glue two to 3 pieces of corrugated cardboard on top of each other with hot glue as an elevation and this on the corrugated cardboard where the beach is to be created.

Use a spatula to spread texture paste on the finished elevation, modeling the cardboard edges until soft transitions to the lower corrugated cardboard have been created.

Sprinkle natural stones and shell granules on the wet texture paste, press them lightly. Let everything dry.

Now create the "sea" with structure paste on the lower corrugated board, draw small "waves" with the spatula. Paint the area with craft paint after it dries. Once the paint has also dried, coat the sea with painting gel. This makes the surface slightly shiny and intensifies the colors, creating a pretty "water" look.

3D look napkin technique

Palm trees and beach bar in our idea are made with napkin tchik. Cut out the desired napkin motifs and glue the top, printed layer with napkin varnish on an embossing foil. Once the varnish is dry, cut out the motifs, place them backside up on the special mat and lightly sculpt each piece into a 3D look. Glue bamboo skewers to the back and fix each motif to the cardboard with hot glue.

Maritime miniatures craft

For the stairs, lay 4 driftwoods slightly crosswise in a row in front of you and glue them together. A fifth driftwood forms the "base plate" of the stairs, another one is glued under the stairs for stability. Fix small pieces of wood to the stairs as posts and knot some macramé yarn to it as a railing.

Also make the footbridge, the signpost and the "Moin Schild" out of driftwood. Place the mermaid on a piece of driftwood. Paint the door with craft paint and prime the two signs. You can then simply write on them with a marker. Fix the door and the "Moin Schild" to the stairs.

Cut out small shark fins from foam rubber. Arrange them and the miniatures on your beach landscape and fix everything with hot glue.

Your miniature holiday world is now ready. With some shells, driftwood and stones in a corner of your home, the sight will surely make you dream.